"Accouterments" Spelling Discussions

[Cobden]

...without wishing to appear to be a grammer nazi, surely the gentleman means accoutrements?

 

[Marc Chevalier]

*Sigh* Deja vu. In jest, I once tried ribbing the Loungers about this sort of thing. Big disaster. Some people became rather defensive; egos were bruised.

You've been warned, comrade.

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[Lauren]

lol lol lol

 

[Cobden]

...without wishing to appear to be a grammer nazi, surely the gentleman means accoutrements?

If anyone asks, my name is Dr. Sergei Von Holsterman-Ungern-Sternberg-Banerjee-Norbert-Dentressangle-Stobart III

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Pleased to meet you, Dr. ... Dr. ... erm ....

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[MK]

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My dictionary shows the word spelled both ways.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

...without wishing to appear to be a grammer nazi, surely the gentleman means accoutrements?

grammar

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Oh, SNAP! lol

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[magneto]

My dictionary shows the word spelled both ways.

Right, I think one spelling is more "American" and one more "British".

 

[scotrace]

grammar

TOO good. A PSG Smackdown.

Never mess with a kid from the projects. lol

 

[scotrace]

.. surely the gentleman means accoutrements?

But well phrased.

 

[Cobden]

Ah, that might expalin it. Real English vs Silly English. I would pronouce accoutrements acc-oo-treh-mnts; but I'm from the civilised world, so... lol

That said; I can't spell grammar...

 

[PrettySquareGal]

TOO good. A PSG Smackdown.

Never mess with a kid from the projects. lol

And I'm nice on here!

 

[Hannigan Reilly]

I pronounce it ah-koo-tre-mah because I am a grammar snob. [huh]

 

[anon`]

Pleased to meet you, Dr. ... Dr. ... erm ....

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I believe "Who" would be quite appropriate here

 

[jake_fink]

I pronounce it ah-koo-tre-mah because I am a grammar snob.

Isn't it really because you're speaking Freedom?

 

[Matt Deckard]

I say aluminum you say aluminium.

It's one thing to attack grammar and another to attack syntax (the biggest problem with written communication in this day) though to refer to erroneous spelling errors as grammar errors, thats just a slap in the face to Noel Webster and all the work he put into that grand book we call the Dictionary!

For shame, for shame!

 

[The Wolf]

Actually, Dr. Hfuhruhurr

It is gramma only in the colloquial. Properly it is grand-ma: the mother of ones own mother or father.

Facetiously,
The Wolf

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

Cool ride, Matt! Is it yours?

 

[jake_fink]

[...] a slap in the face to Noel Webster and all the work he put into that grand book we call the Dictionary!

As they say.... Erm.... Don't you mean Noah Webster?

I can't think of a dictionary without thinking of these fine gentlemen:

Samuel Johnson and the mad William Chester Minor. Lexicography brings out the best in people, I think.